Finding out the location	easy
Access	easy
Safety	safe
Risk of being seen	very high
General condition of the place	good
Traces of vandalism	many
Good place for taking pictures?	good
Did you see other people?	none or very few

Visit date    February 16 2021 at 13 hr
Visit duration    < 1 hour

This small underground radio bunker was constructed in May 1942 in preparation for D-Day operations. Paulsgrove Radio Station worked in conjunction with UGHQ as the transmission centre for secret radio communications and commands, a crucial tool in the invasion of Europe

The Radio Station was relatively easy to access once it had been located- a short but cautious scramble up the crumbling chalk cliff face. The radio station is no longer at ground level due to further quarrying after the war. Inside it was in good condition considering its age and ease of access, the the only real damage being the graffiti. Entering by crouching through the small opening in the chalk pictured below, there is then an unlined tunnel.



The small access hole in the chalk and the first chamber.
As you pass through this tunnel, which has plenty of headroom when it opens out, the first of three chambers is found on the left. Following the tunnel round leads to a larger chamber, with a small set of stairs linking to the third, final and largest chamber. There is then another low access tunnel which leads back out to the cliff face.

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